Changes to the General Syllabus

The General Grading Syllabus was amended in January 2009.

As a result of the amendments, the following will replace the existing grading requirements for the respective grades. They will take effect from the April 2009 grading.

Poomsae

· White 10 - Introductory Poomsae
· White 9 - Preliminary Poomsae
· Red 2 - Taegeuk Chil-Jang plus one optional
poomsae (Sa-Jang to Yuk-Jang)
. Red 1 - Taekgeuk Pal-Jang plus one optional
poomsae (O-Jang to Chil-Jang)
· 1st Poom - Koryo plus two optional poomsae
(Yuk-Jang to Pal-Jang)

Technique Demonstration

Candidates will be required to execute the respective techniques after they have completed performing their poomsae.

· White 9 - Turning kick
. Yellow 8 - Front kick followed by turning kick.
· Yellow 7 - Side kick
· Green 6 - Back thrust
· Green 5 - Side kick followed by back thrust
· Blue 4 - Reverse kick
· Blue 3 - Turning kick followed by reverse kick
· Red 2 - Front kick following by jumping front kick
· Red 1 - 360º degrees turning kick followed by back thrust.

For each grade, candidates shall execute the kick or the combination kicks 3 times towards the examiner and 3 times towards the starting point. Each kick or combination kicks have to be performed according to command.

For all Brown belt above still preform all from E-Jang to Pal-Jang poomsea.